How would you feel if you were told, "Your fecal occult blood test was positive" during a health checkup or a municipal ...

SANTA MONICA - After nearly a $500,000 investment in stepped-up library cleaning, Santa Monicans are confronting a troubling ...

The result of your fecal occult blood test is "positive".Thinking it might be colorectal cancer makes you anxious.However, it ...

By Iñigo Alexander MEXICO CITY, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Water from wells and sinkholes in Mexico's Yucatan state that residents use for drinking is contaminated with fecal bacteria, according to a ...

Identifying the favorite snacks of one of Australia's cutest animals no longer needs to rely on guesswork or picking apart ...

Changes in gut bacteria and the chemicals they produce may help scientists identify early memory problems. A small study ...

An Iranian knowledge-based company has introduced a nanotechnology-based kit that uses lateral flow assay technology to ...

The updates improve upon the option for a first-line screening tool for those who are unable or unwilling to receive the more ...

Greenpeace reports that all 17 water sites tested near Mérida, Mexico, showed fecal contamination, with pig-specific testing detecting pig waste; municipal sewage and septic leaks may also be ...

A large screening study across 13 regions of Shandong Province, China, finds that a fecal immunochemical test threshold of 25 µg/g detects 96.4% of colorectal cancers while cutting the colonoscopy ...

Giardia duodenalis is one of the most familiar antagonists in companion animal medicine, a single-celled intestinal parasite that colonizes the small intestine of dogs, triggers watery or mucoid ...

There are more options than ever for colon-cancer screening. But this writer found out firsthand why the office visit is still best.